Hay-stacker and derrick.



Patented Mar. 26, I901.

M. C. HUTCHINGS. HAY STAGKER AND DERRICK.

(Application filed. Nov. 14, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

MARVIN OARLETON HUTOHINGS, OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOSEPH PHILO JEFFRIES, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-STACKER AND DERRICK.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 670,674, dated. March26, 1901.

Application filed November 1 2, 1900. Serial No. 36;;28. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN CARLETON HUTCHINGS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bozeman, in the county of Gallatin and Stateof Montana, have invented a new and Improved Hay-Stacker and Derrick, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a portable device in the formof a derrick, and which can be employed for hoisting material of anydescription or a hay-fork or a like agricultural implement, and to soconstruct the device that its various members can be adjusted and may beheld in their adjusted position.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the upper portion of the sides of the device, drawnon an enlarged scale, the said sides being shown separated; and Fig. 3is a vertical section through a portion of the base, illustrating themanner in which the side members of the device have a ball-and-socketconnection with the base.

A represents the base of the derrick. This base is usually constructedin two members 10 and 11, and in the opposing faces of the said members10 and 11 longitudinal recesses 12 are produced, forming end shoulders13, so that the two sections may slide in engage ment with each other,and when the sections are carried inward to their full extent the endsof the sections will engage with the shoulders 13 of the opposingsections and the base will be as wide at its center as at its ends.Straps 14. are attached to the end portions of the sections 10 and 11 ofthe base, extending loosely around the opposing sections, and thesestraps 14 serve as guides for the two sections when they are drawn outone from the other or carriedinward in direction of each other. In theopposing faces of the two sections 10 and 11 of the base verticalrecesses 15 are produced, and these recesses in the two sections of thebase are adapted at times to be brought into registry, and when inregister a key 16 is passed down through the registering recesses 15, asshown in Fig. 1, and this key serves to lock the sections of the base Ain the position to which they may be adjusted. This key 16 is shownattached to the base by a rope, cord, or chain 17. At each end of thebase an eye 18 is located, to which a team may be hitched for thepurpose of drawing the device from one point to another, and preferablythe outer end portions of the base are given an upward inclination orcurvature, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The sections of the base A areprovided with outwardlyprojecting pins 19, which constitute handles andenable operators to readily adjust the sections of the base, and in theupper surface of each section of the base, near its outer end, a socket20 is formed. This socket is semicircular, as shown in Fig. 3, and isusually provided with a metal lining, as is also shown in both Figs. 1and 3.

The derrick B consists of two side sections 1) and b, and each of saidside sections 1) and b consists, preferably, of two members 21 and 22,mounted to slide one upon the other, being guided in their slidingmovement by suitably-applied straps 23, and at the lower end of thelower member of each side section of the derrick a foot 24 is located,having a cylindrical or circularlower surface adapted to fit and turn inthe sockets 20 in the base and heretofore described. The upper ends ofthe upper members 22 of the side sections of the derrick are madestraight at their inner faces, so that these two faces may fit snugly together, while the said sections are at a decided inclination to thebase, and the upper ends of the upper-members of the side sections ofthe base are preferably provided with metal caps or casings 25. In theinner face of the upper member of one section of the derrick a verticalrecess 26 is produced, adapted to receive a fin or plate 27, whichextends from the corresponding portion of the opposing upper member ofthe opposite section, as shown in Fig. 2. This flu or plate 27 isprovided, preferably near its bottom perderrick.

tion, with two apertures 28 and 29, the aperture 28 being shown smallerthan the aperture 29, and said aperture 29 is near the inner face of thederrick-section to which the plate or fin 2'7 belongs. When the plate orfin 27 has been made to enter the recess or slot 26, a pin 30 is passedthrough the aperture 28 of the said fin or plate, the said pin beingcarried by the receiving-section of the In this manner the upperportions of the sections of the derrick may be securely and quicklyfastened together. The aperture 29 is adapted for a purpose to behereinafter described.

Upon the outer face of the cap 25 of each section of the derrick B aneye 31 is formed, adapted to receive guy-ropes, to be hereinafterdescribed, and likewise eyes 32 may be and preferably are attached tothe inner faces of the said side sections of the derrick, near theirupper ends, as illustrated in Fig, 2, and these eyes 32 may be utilizedto receive the upper ends of a rope ladder, which will enable a personto readily ascend to the top portion of the derrick to attach or toadjust the guy-ropes mentioned or for other purposes.

The members of the side sections of the derrick B are raised andlowered, preferably, through the medium of cords, ropes, or chains 33,which at their lower ends are secured -to drums 34, carried by the lowermembers of the side sections of the derrick, and said drums are turnedthrough the medium of attached crank-handles 35 or their equivalents.Each drum is also preferably provided with a ratchet-wheel engaged by apawl pivoted upon the lower members of the side sections of the derrick,as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. These ropes, cords, or chains 33are passed over pulleys 36, which are supported upon the upper portionsof the lower members of the side sections of the derrick, and the upperends of the ropes, cords, or chains 33 are attached to the lowerportions of the upper members of the side sections of the derrickthrough the medium of pins 37 or their equivalents. Thus it will beobserved that by manipulating the drums 34 the members of the sidesections of the derrick may be raised or lowered, as occasion maydemand.

Guy-ropes 38 extend from opposite sides of the derrick B, and theseguy-ropes 38 at their lower ends are usually attached to stakes 38,driven in the ground. Each guy-rope at its upper end is bifurcated, andthe members 39 of the guy-ropes at their upper ends are attached to theeyes 31, heretofore referred to, one at each side of the derrick, sothat the derrick is equally braced at the top from each side and at thefront and at the rear. A hoist-rope 40 is passed over a pulley 41, whichis connected with the plate or fin 27 at the aperture 29, heretoforementioned, and the hoist-rope 40, after passing over the pulley 41, maybe attached to a hay-fork O, for example, which is shown as providedwith a Suitable triprope 42, extending to the ground,

or this inner end of the hoist-rope may be connected with a sling, aplatform, or with any device necessary in hoisting material of differentkinds.

The hoist-rope 40 is passed over a sheave 43, and if this sheave cannotbe attached to a near-by permanent support it is connected by a link 44or its equivalent with a block 45, which block is buried in the ground asuitable distance to aiford a proper support for the sheave. When thedevice is employed for stacking hay, the sheave should be anchored atthe opposite side of the stack from the load and far enough away not tointerfere with shaping the stack.

In order to protect the sections of the derrick from wearing inadjustment, angle-irons 46 or metal wear-plates are secured to thesections where they contact.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a base constructed inadjustable sections, a locking device for the said sections, socketsformed in the upper surfaces of the said sections, side sections havingcylindrical lower extremities mounted to turn in the sockets of thebase, the side sections being constructed in members mounted to slideone upon the other, means for connecting the upper members of the sidesections, a hoisting device for the upper members of the side sections,guy-ropes having bifurcated upper ends and extending from the front andback of the side sections, corresponding members of the bifurcatedportions of the guy-ropes being connected at the same side of the saidside members and adjacent to each other, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a base constructed in adjustable sections, alocking device for the said sections, sockets formed in the uppersurfaces of the said sections, side sections having cylindrical lowerextremities mounted to turn in the sockets of the base, the sidesections being constructed in members mounted to slide one upon theother, means for connecting the upper members of the side sec tions, ahoisting device for the upper members of the side sections, guy-ropeshaving bifurcated upper ends and extending from the front and back ofthe side sections, corresponding members of the bifurcated portions ofthe guyropes being connected at the same side of the said side membersand adjacent to each other, a pulley suspended between the upper portionof the upper members of the side sections, a hoist-rope carried oversaid pulley, and an outside guide for the hoist-rope, as described.

3. The combination,witha base constructed in sections mounted to slidein engagement with each other, the inner faces of the said sectionshaving recesses therein, a locking device for thesections of the base,and sockets formed in the upper faces of the base-sections near theirends, of side sections provided with cylindrical feet adapted to enterand turn in the said sockets, each side section comprising two membersmounted to slide one upon the other, drums mounted on the lower membersof the side sections, ratchet-and-pawl mechanism for the said drums,ropes attached to the drums, which ropes pass over guide-pulleys carriedby the members of the side sections with which the drums are connected,the upper ends of which ropes are connected with the lower portions ofthe upper members of the side sections, a ton gue-and-groove connectionbetween the upper portion of the upper members of the side sections, alocking-pin passed through said connection, a pulle'y suspended from theupper portion of the side sections between the upper members thereof,the said upper portion of the said upper members of the side sectionsbeing provided with eyes at opposite sides, and

guy-ropes located at the front and rear of the structure, having theirupper ends bifurcated and the members thus formed connected with thesaid eyes, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a derrick, the combination of a base, comprising twolongitudinally adjustable sections, and two side sections each formed oflongitudinally adjustable members, the lower of which members arestepped rockably on the respective sections of the base, and the upperof which members are rigidly connected together at their upper ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARVIN OARLETON HUTCHINGS.

Witnesses:

BENJ. F. OSBORN, J. A. MCELROY.

